Harvard researchers will clone embryos - Seattle Times
June 9, 2006

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Harvard researchers will clone embryos Seattle Times - Jun 7, 2006 Harvard University on Tuesday announced a privately funded, multimillion-dollar program to create cloned human embryos as sources of medically promising stem cells. Harvard researchers start project to clone human embryos EiTB Scientists sideline Bush opposition to stem cell research Register Los Angeles Times - Philadelphia Inquirer - Detroit Free Press - Hartford Courant - all 177 related

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Polio Takes Unexpected Toll in Namibia New York Times - 3 hours ago A fast-moving and deadly outbreak of polio has erupted in Namibia, in southern Africa. The country had been free of polio for a decade. Namibia: Not Any Polio Vaccine Will Do AllAfrica.com SA on high alert for polio outbreak SABC News United Press International - Independent Online - Mail & Guardian Online - afrol News - all 52 related

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China moves to contain bird flu outbreak ABC Online - 1 hour ago China has culled about 17,000 poultry to contain an outbreak of deadly bird flu in the country's north-west. China's latest outbreak of H5N1 bird flu was announced this week, on a farm in the north-western province of Xinjiang. China reports first bird flu outbreak among poultry since Feb Forbes China Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak in Poultry Voice of America Half Life Source - All Headline News - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Guardian Unlimited - all 119 related

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FDA Orders Unapproved Cold Remedies Pulled From Shelves MedPage Today - 6 hours ago In the opening salvo of an FDA initiative to cleanse the market of unapproved drugs, the agency has ordered some 120 cough and cold medicines ... FDA Asks Some Firms to Halt Sales of Antihistamine Products Wall Street Journal (subscription) FDA warns some cough medicine unapproved Seattle Times FDA.gov - Seattle Post Intelligencer - All Headline News - Political Gateway - all 94 related

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Kids Behaving Better Newsweek - 1 hour ago What new government statistics tell us about risky teen activities like sex, drugs and drinking. By Karen Springen. June 9, 2006 - Is the United States truly a teenage wasteland? Teen behavior less risky, CDC study reports Detroit Free Press More US Teens Are Shunning Risky Behaviors Forbes Food Consumer - Medical News Today - Daily News Central - St. Petersburg Times - all 26 related

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Abbott's Humira approval expanded Chicago Tribune - Jun 8, 2006 Abbott Laboratories' Humira has been approved by European regulators as a treatment for a spinal arthritis that strikes men in their 30s. Abbott's Humira gets another EU OK Pharmaceutical Business Review Abbott Labs Gets EU Humira OK for AS MSN Money Trading Markets - Finanzen.net - ANP Pers Support - all 25 related

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Harvard starts human cloning work BBC News - Jun 7, 2006 Researchers from Harvard University have begun efforts to clone human embryos, defying hopes by President George W Bush for a US ban. Harvard to Make Stem Cells From Cloned Embryos Los Angeles Times Harvard defies Bush with therapeutic cloning program The Australian Seattle Times - EiTB - Philadelphia Inquirer - Register - all 185 related

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Everest 2007: British Docs from intensive care units to the summit ... Mounteverest - Jun 7, 2006 (MountEverest.net) A team of British doctors want to put themselves in their patients' shoes. They've decided that the best, albeit unconventional, way to simulate the near-comatose state of the critically ... Volunteers wanted for laboratory on Everest Guardian Unlimited Everest lab takes research to new heights Telegraph.co.uk Everest News - News24 - all 6 related

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States to Get More Medicaid Research Help Forbes - 1 hour ago 09.2006, 08:33 PM. The Bush administration moved Friday to grant states more leeway when it comes to what documents they must demand of people trying to access government-sponsored health care for the poor. Medicaid | New Jersey Schools Improperly Billed Medicaid for More ... Kaiser network.org States to get more Medicaid research help Pierceland Herald Kaiser network.org - all 38 related

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Fast-tracking vaccine could save thousand women a year Scotsman - 2 hours ago THE world's first cancer vaccine should be fast-tracked for use in the UK to help save the lives of thousands of women, campaigners said yesterday as a licence was awarded in the United States. Cervical cancer drug approved Louisville Courier-Journal The Next Generation Frederick News Post (subscription) Burlington Hawk Eye - CNN - Appleton Post Crescent - World Fitness - all 824 related

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SA on high alert for polio outbreak SABC News - 7 hours ago South Africa is on high alert for any cases of Polio. Namibia has seen a polio outbreak which has left seven people dead and 27 others paralysed since mid-May. Namibia plans mass polio vaccination campaign Reuters WHO traces Namibia adult polio outbreak to Angola Reuters AlertNet News-Medical.net - NBC - DailyIndia.com - The Mercury (subscription) - all 53 related

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Lawsuits Filed Over Lipitor Side Effects Washington Post - Jun 8, 2006 Two men who believe they suffered lasting muscle damage from taking the popular anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor are suing medication's maker, Pfizer Inc. Men file lawsuits claiming Lipitor side effects Reuters Pfizer sued over alleged Lipitor side effects CNNMoney.com New York Post - Forbes - WebMD - NorthJersey.com - all 112 related

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US officials test for bird flu in arctic Alaska Reuters AlertNet - Jun 8, 2006 In a coastal marsh near the frozen Arctic Ocean, a black-and-white feathered spectacled eider leaves a gift for Corey Rossi, a wildlife biologist for the US Department of Agriculture. Bird flu samples tested show up negative so far WBAY Bird flu samples test negative, so far Duluth News Tribune Washington Post - ABC News - 13abc.com - all 35 related

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Scientists to try to clone human embryos San Jose Mercury News - Jun 6, 2006 Stepping into a research area marked by controversy and fraud, Harvard University scientists said Tuesday they are trying to clone human embryos to create stem cells they hope can be used one day to help conquer a host of diseases. Harvard enters human stem-cell race Nature.com (subscription) Harvard researchers start human stem cell project SABC News BBC News - Houston Chronicle - The Wichita Eagle - EastDay.com - all 206 related

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Study touts child safety seats over belts Ely Times - Jun 7, 2006 Young children stand a better chance of avoiding death in a serious car crash if they‘re secured in a car seat rather than buckled ... Child restraints safer in a crash than seat belts Reuters Safety Seats More Effective in Preventing Death than Seat Belts Insurance Journal all 20 related

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Bird flu scientists in northernmost US San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours ago BARROW, Alaska - Nearly 350 miles above the Arctic Circle, a traditional Eskimo feast to celebrate a successful whale hunt is in the making. Bird flu scientists in northernmost US Sky Valley Journal Bird flu fear doesn't deter Alaska's hunters Reuters AlertNet Washington Post - all 36 related